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    1. What do we mean by microdata?

    2. How is the international poverty line derived? How is it different from national poverty lines?

    3. What is the DEC conversion factor?

    4. How can I learn more about a specific indicator?

    5. How do you extrapolate the PPP conversion factors estimated by the ICP?

    6. Why are Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) ratings only available from 2005 onwards?

    7. How do I edit my country/series/year selection once I have the Table/Chart or Map open in DataBank?

    8. How do you calculate total value added as a percentage of gross domestic product?

    9. What are emerging markets?

    10. How are the first-level administrative division used in the Subnational Population Database?

    11. Why do some countries receive negative amounts of aid?

    12. Why are some series shown in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms?

    13. How do the 2017 PPPs change global, regional, country-level poverty estimates?

    14. How do I save my reports, access and delete them in DataBank?

    15. How can I contribute to improving the Microdata Library?

    16. If I contribute datasets to the catalog, how will I be informed of the demand for my data?

    17. How are the income group thresholds determined?

    18. Acronyms and Abbreviations

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